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It only took a few clicks online for Daniel Palacio to order 10 stun guns — and a whole lot of trouble.

He had seen them on YouTube, the Internet video channel, found them “interesting,” sought to find them for sale and placed an order through the website iOffer.com.

“I thought they were pretty cool,” the 20-year old London man testified Monday at his Superior Court trial.

When the seller gave him a deal on 10 Weishi 916 pocket-sized flashlight stun guns, Palacio jumped at the $50 discount and the free shipping.

What he said he didn’t know was that the made-in-China stun guns are prohibited in Canada, and by shipping them to his London home, he was breaking the law.

Palacio pleaded not guilty to importing a firearm and two counts of possession of the prohibited weapon.

The Crown says Palacio, an 18-year old high school student on July 30, 2012, had knowingly ordered the weapons to sell — something he denies.

The trial before Superior Court Justice Helen Rady is a cautionary tale about how free-flowing Internet commerce is and how quickly a speedy sale can turn into serious criminal charges.

Palacio testified he had ordered clothing and shoes online before, but never had considered a stun gun until he saw the videos. He set up a PayPal account using a new e-mail address because he didn’t trust the website and paid with a pre-paid credit card.

There was nothing on the website to declare the weapons prohibited in Canada, and the form he filled out offered shipping to Canada.

Four weapons arrived by Canada Post courier and three more came to his door the day of his arrest. What Palacio didn’t know was that the second shipment — marked as “USB devices” — had been intercepted by Canada Border Services Agency in Vancouver. The stun guns were determined to be illegal in Canada.

The OPP were contacted and an alarm was inserted into the package. Once it was opened, the police could move in.

An undercover police officer dressed as a courier made the delivery to Palacio’s door. Palacio identified himself, signed the paperwork and took the package.

Palacio said he took the package into the kitchen, opened up the envelope, then went upstairs.

He was startled by some “really loud” knocking, and before he could answer, several police officers, with their guns drawn, came through the door.

Palacio was handcuffed while police searched his bedroom and found four other stun guns in a box in a Roots bag.

Palacio said he thought the guns were a novelty — “fun like shock pens.” He wanted to just keep them at home and play with them.

But OPP officers testified that the guns were at least as powerful as the 50,000-volt Tasers they use to incapacitate suspects.

The packaging on Palacio’s guns touted a “heavy duty stun gun” that was high voltage and acted as “a personal body guard.” One website said it carried a punch of seven million to 12 million volts.

Const. Reg Labonte tested the device on himself — he stunned his leg and found the effect was “not so good.”

Const. Peter Reintjes, a firearms expert who examined the stun guns, said he wouldn’t test them because he couldn’t be sure of their power. The stun guns, he said, were “not high quality,” but he heeded the advice from several expert sources that if they were as powerful as advertised, a zap could be fatal.

There isn’t a voltage meter strong enough to measure its strength, he said.

In a courtroom demonstration, Reintjes turned on a police Taser, then the Weishi that sounded louder with faster electrical clicking noises. He admitted in questioning by defence lawyer Ron Ellis that he didn’t have training to test the device and his observations were based on what he saw, heard and smelled.